Malpaso Productions

Malpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company. The name Malpaso is derived from a creek south of Carmel, California, where Eastwood has spent much of his life. The name "Malpaso" is Spanish for "bad step" or "misstep." When Eastwood agreed to take the role of the Man with No Name, his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. After the Dollars Trilogy made it big and Eastwo... more

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